Ravi Jambhekar

About

I am a landscape ecologist and urban ecologist who focuses on plant–animal interactions, community ecology, and animal behaviour. After completing my PhD in Ecology, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Azim Premji University, on the impact of urbanisation on birds and documenting long-term trends in bird populations in Bengaluru. My current work focuses on documenting biodiversity and designing long-term monitoring schemes for the upcoming IIHS, Kengeri Campus. I use art, illustrations, and popular science to communicate the research that he does to the general public.

Employment

• Indian Institute for Human Settlements Biodiversity Specialist
  2022 - Present

Education

• Azim Premji Foundation Post-doctorate
  2019 - 2021
• Indian Institute of Science Doctorate
  2013 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Effects of weather on the behaviour of urban butterflies
  2025 DOI: 10.22541/au.176366361.10806242/v1
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• Effects of heat stress and green cover on urban birds in the megacity of Bengaluru
  Ecological Applications 2025 DOI: 10.1002/eap.70039
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• Species traits help explain butterfly habitat use in a tropical forest
  Ecological Entomology 2023 DOI: 10.1111/een.13215
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• Habitat specialisation and matrix resistance predict responses of butterfly populations to landscape features in tropical grassland–forest complexes
  Oecologia 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05144-5
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• How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation
  Biological Reviews 2021 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12687
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• Relationship between lake area and distance from the city centre on lake-dependent resident and migratory birds in urban Bangalore, a tropical mega-city in Southern India
  Journal of Urban Ecology 2021 DOI: 10.1093/jue/juab028
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• Which Traits Influence Bird Survival in the City? A review
  Land 2021 DOI: 10.3390/land10020092
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• Foraging in nature: Contrasting responses to resource heterogeneity at small‐ and large‐spatial scales
  Biotropica 2021 DOI: 10.1111/btp.12870
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• On the inadequacy of environment impact assessments for projects in Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park of Goa, India: a peer review
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2020 DOI: 10.11609/jott.6650.12.18.17387-17454
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• Impact of the Invasive Weed Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) on Butterfly Behaviour and Habitat Use in a Tropical Forest in India.
  Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 2016 DOI: 10.18473/lepi.70i4.a9
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